I'm not a groundskeeper, but I'm not sure the sod itself was the problem. You can buy the best sod on earth, if you don't/can't put it down properly, it's going to come up.
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That's fair, but if you want the sod section to play like the rest of the field the grass should be approximately the same in terms of suppleness, right? Not dried-out brown grass.
Women are like sod. Lay them right the first time...
Im not going to claim to be an expert after reading this long webpage, but it gives a lot of data about plastic grown sod which it said is specifically used for indoor stadiums and covering baseball infields for soccer.
http://www.covermaster.com/Tips-from-the-Pros/Sports-Field-Sod-Part-3-Plastic-Grown-Sod.html
From what I gather, the roll of sod is supposed to have a “substantial” thickness to it with a layer of sand underneath, and it appears the length/width/thickness of the roll is what holds the field down - think of it as weight & suction holding it in place. From what I’ve seen of our infield sod, it looks pretty thin, hence able to be ripped up with a planted foot - there just isn’t much there to resist.
It also appears (there’s a pic) that the infield should be striped of a few inches so the composite thickness can be laid even with the outfield. I seriously doubt the Yankees allow that to take place even though replacing/compacting the infield would not be a rocket science endeavor.
Also, considering how brown our sod looks, it lends credence that the thickness is minimal as the brown is possibly either the infield showing through or the sod is prematurely dying, which is itself concerning since it was just laid. As the article illustrates, this “material” is meant to grow over a plastic surface, so there’s zero reason for it to be brown by the time of kickoff. This would suggest that the Yankees ground crew is not installing the optimal material, or has no idea how to install/maintain it.
were you not there on saturday? at half time the grounds crew literally brought out two rolls of this sod and replaced two pieces of the infield sod. they started doing something to it ( looked like sand around it and smashing it down) to be "ready" for the second half.
at this rate i can only assume thats what they did to begin with.
even if they announced it tomorrow its still gonna be another season and a half at least before stadium is ready
I'll take the 2x over on announcement date to opening date.
Which one of these evil wominz is at fault?
I think it’s Lola. But I’m biased towards kink.
Well in my theory they stopped giving a shit so how long it takes isn't pertinent to their checking out.
I was in FMCP this morning for a half marathon which was right around the Pool of Industry that Garber wanted to raze for a SSS. Coming right off the 7 down the ramps to the stadium would have been awesome. Damn that this got killed years ago.
Could have completely revitalized the park - I believe part of the proposal was to redo the soccer fields around it. Would have been amazing. People are playing soccer there on Saturday morning at 7 am.
Could have completely revitalized the park - I believe part of the proposal was to redo the soccer fields around it. Would have been amazing. People are playing soccer there on Saturday morning at 7 am.
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It was really misguided opposition. Most of space the stadium replaced would have been that fetid old pond. The team would have paid to greatly upgrade facilities all around the park. win-win.
USTA was behind the opposition, they funded the protests. Wanted that area all to themselves. It wasn't misguided at all. In fact, it was very calculated.
It was calculated on their part but incredibly misguided. Having a stadium in the adjacent park is a win-win, since it’d upgrade the park’s fields, bring additional exposure to the area that could be new ticket buyers for the tennis, and increase the overall patronage of the park making it a safer, more user friendly destination. I’d bet that 17+ matches in the stadium, plus the countless rec games on the fields, would produce a higher content of usage during the year than what the USTA gets for the Open and yearly tennis facility memberships.
